tire change tools

[Mark]

At 12:24 PM -0500 2/14/02, jon.sykes@... wrote:

>Can you make your own distilled water by boiling it and then letting it >cool, or do you have to buy it? If so, where can you buy it from?

Sure you can make your own, but unless you have some humongous distillation apparatus, it's a time consuming process. We make our own water in my lab by redistilling the house distilled water (on tap) in a Corning distiller and then running it through a Millipore purification system with the result being 99.999% pure water. Anyway, the distillation yields only about 1 litre per hour. You're better off spending the $0.69 for a gallon at the grocer. Mark A2 A3

[RM]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jack Tollett wrote:

>>Planned on using Prestone, so if it is special stuff hope somebody >>speaks up prior to me flushing the cooling system. >I would recommend using the non-silicate type of anti-freeze. Easier on >the water pump seals.

The current Prestone formulation may be silicate-free. Best to check the ingredient list on the bottle.

[dooden]

Maybe if you live in a area that never see's anything in the freezing temps that would be ok. But I will be returning to permanent residence in da great white nort eh. As it was pointed out by somebody else avoid silicate ? (sp) type, that kinda went into the hair line, not quite over the head, but still considering the difference that was intended in the comment. Lost, Dazed and confused in da nort. Duden A15 Pilot

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., adam davis wrote: > > Water dissapates heat better than coolant.You can use just Distilled water but it has a lower boiling point though so It could be bad in traffic. Water wetter and distilled water is the best IMO. > TLrydr@a... wrote: In a message dated 2/14/02 10:54:22 AM EST, dooden@y... writes: > > speaks up prior to me flushing the cooling system. >> > > I flushed mine with Prestone 5 year stuff, I think it was kinda > yellowish, > But now i noticed that my overflow tank is green in color, Must not have > slushed it that good, I flushed with distalled water, And then filled her up > with 50-50. > Noticed the it cooled better last summer, All my bikes seem to cool better > once i change the coolant, All except my Ascot. > > Mike > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@y... > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@y... > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@y... > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@y... > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[gregpaul]

Another quick way to "break" that bead is to let all the air out of the tire (before you take the wheel off), hop on the bike and ride it about 10 feet... more if it hasn't "broken". Great use for "old" tubes; cut the valve stem out and wrap them around the new tube like a jacket. Talk about "heavy duty"!!! Note: this really sucks if you have used slime in the old tube! )) Greg in Dallas

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Brent Bacon" wrote: > I am getting set up to change my tires. What I need to know is what do I > need in the line of tools. What's a necessity and what's nice to have? > What about tools to break the chain and put it back together. Don't worry > about being elementary, I have never change a bike tire before. I have the > tire changer from Harbor Freight (it sounds like I don't really need it... > too late). I don't expect the tire changer will do it all for me, do I need > a couple of tire irons anyways? I am looking in the J.C. Whitney catalogue, > any problems with their products? I see a thing called a "tire bead stop". > this looks pretty handy, knowing what I do from changing implement tires and > car and truck tires on the farm. I like the C-clamp idea that I read about > in another tire changing thread. > brent

[svnorcal]

I was just reading the label on the special Prestone that says complies with Dexcool rating. I got confused when it said not recommended for aluminum radiators. Just an assumption on my part, but I want a aluminum radiator safe product. my .02

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jack Tollett wrote: > > >>Planned on using Prestone, so if it is special stuff hope somebody > >>speaks up prior to me flushing the cooling system. > > >I would recommend using the non-silicate type of anti-freeze. Easier on > >the water pump seals. > > The current Prestone formulation may be silicate-free. Best to check the > ingredient list on the bottle.